Try war criminals to protect country from communalism
Speakers tell roundtable
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday said trial of the war criminals must be held and the non-communal spirit of the 1972 constitution will have to be upheld to protect the country from terrorism and communalism.
Online news agency, The Editor, organised the roundtable at Jatiya Press Club with President of Ekatturer Ghatak Dalal Nirmul Committee Justice Golam Rabbani in the chair.
Former army chief General (Retd) KM Shafiullah, president of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, former ambassador Waliur Rahman, General Secretary of Shushaner Jonno Nagorik Badiul Alam Majumdar and JSD leader Nazmul Haque Prodhan took part in the discussion.
Managing Director of The Editor Dr Shamim Haider Talukdar was the moderator of the roundtable.
Justice Rabbani said after the killing of Bangabandhu, the constitution of the country was scissored repeatedly to cling to power. “General Zia had tried to consolidate power with the help of the anti-liberation forces as he understood that the pro-liberation forces would not accept illegal capturing of power,” he said.
Gen Shafiullah said war criminals are not sitting idle, rather they are hatching conspiracies and carrying out propaganda to foil the war crimes trial.
“Politics of Jamaat-Shibir will have to be banned like the banning of politics of Nazis after the World War-II,” he said.
Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury said the 1972 constitution was changed with a view to turning Bangladesh into a terrorist and fundamentalist country.
Citing example of Pakistan, he said the military rulers always patronise communalism and terrorism to consolidate power. He called for building a greater national unity in favour of trial of the war criminals and resisting communalism and terrorism.
Waliur Rahman said General Zia not only captured power illegally but also destroyed the judiciary.
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